A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket. After giving her father a quick kiss, she notices the onlookers at the zoo and heads off to hide in embarrassment. The bashful orangutan was photographed by Indonesian photographer Monica Anantyowati, 42, on a visit to Gembira Loka Zoo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. 'This moment was very special for me as it was one of the most 'human' moments I've witnessed from an orangutan,' says Monica, of Malang, Indonesia.
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
From vibrant blues to dazzling oranges, these eye catching hummingbirds proudly show off their impressive colours .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .